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Developing a site index model for P. Pinaster stands in NW Spain by combining bi-temporal ALS data and environmental data / Juan Guerra-Hernández in Forest ecology and management, vol 481 (February 2021)  

Public [article]  inForest ecology and management > vol 481 (February 2021) . - n° 118690 Titre : Developing a site index model for P. Pinaster stands in NW Spain by combining bi-temporal ALS data and environmental data Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Juan Guerra-Hernández, Auteur ; Stefano Arellano-Pérez, Auteur ; Eduardo González-Ferreiro, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 118690 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Lasergrammétrie [Termes IGN] anomalie de croissance des arbres [Termes IGN] données lidar [Termes IGN] données localisées 3D [Termes IGN] échantillonnage [Termes IGN] Galice (Espagne) [Termes IGN] gestion forestière [Termes IGN] hauteur des arbres [Termes IGN] indice de végétation [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier étranger (données) [Termes IGN] lasergrammétrie [Termes IGN] Pinus pinaster [Termes IGN] régression multivariée par spline adaptative [Termes IGN] série temporelle Résumé : (auteur) Site index (SI) is a common measure of forest site productivity, serving as a valuable baseline for forest management. The main objective of this study was to develop a SI model for Pinus pinaster Ait. in north-west Spain by combining bi–temporal, low–density airborne laser scanning (ALS) data (acquired in the periods 2009–2011 and 2015–2017) with climatic, edaphic and physiographical data. Site productivity, assessed by site quality curves, was modelled using an age-independent difference equation method based on ALS metrics and environmental variables. For the model development process, we used data from 156 sample plots in pure and even-aged P. pinaster stands distributed throughout Galicia (NW Spain) and measured in the Spanish National Forest Inventory (SNFI). The generalized algebraic difference approach (GADA) formulation was tested by using two different base equations for modelling the dominant height growth (ΔH) from ALS variables. The GADA formulation derived from the Bertalanffy’s base model produced the best estimates of dominant height (H) for P. pinaster stands in Galicia. Use of the proposed model to estimate ΔH for a new pine stand requires two ALS data sets for estimating site-specific (local) parameters. To enable use of the model when such information is not available, the relationship between the values of the site-specific parameter and environmental variables was described using Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS). Use of the MARS equation enabled us to develop spatially-explicit predictive maps of the site-specific parameter values, which can be used together with the GADA model to derive ΔH curves and SI estimates for P. pinaster stands in the whole study region. Numéro de notice : A2021-225 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118690 Date de publication en ligne : 01/11/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118690 Format de la ressource électronique : url article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97200 [article]